A PUB’S fundraiser has boosted a cancer treatment centre where one of its regular customers was treated for a brain tumour.

The event, held in the Anchor Hotel, High Street, Saltney, saw more than £1,700 raised in aid of the Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology.

The inspiration for the fundraiser came from David Fortune, completing his recovery from a brain tumour.

David, 21, of Park Avenue, Saltney, said he was delighted with the support shown from the community.

He said: “I just want to say many thanks to friends, family, companies and everyone who donated, and the City Arms pub for the tug-of-war tournament. It’s nice to put something back into charity.”

David was diagnosed with a brain tumour aged just 19.

“It was in January 2009 when I had a headache and felt sick, but doctors kept sending me away thinking I had a migraine. I got to A&E in the Countess of Chester Hospital and I collapsed.

“When I came round, I had been sick several times over the three or four nurses who were treating me, because of the way the tumour was affecting my brain. I had a scan and that was when the brain tumour was spotted.

“I had an operation two days later and I had several weeks off to recover and had therapy at the Clatterbridge Centre.”

David, who is hoping to return to work for the Francesco Group hairdressers in Chester, added he received help from friends and family while he recovered.

“My mum Annmarie, dad Dave and sister Samantha were all around and I got great support.”

And last week David received brilliant news.

“I was told by the doctors I should just get on with my life now after getting the all-clear, and I felt like the world had been lifted off my shoulders.”

Martin Lewis, landlord of the pub, was moved to hold the fundraiser when David and his family held a party at the pub to celebrate David’s one year of remission.

Money was raised via a charity auction, an England-Wales tug-of-war competition where the Welsh team emerged victorious, and a raffle.

Martin said: “We have only recently taken over at the Anchor and this is the first fundraiser we have had. We were out to raise £1,000 and we’ve smashed our target. It was brilliant.”